docs/preamble.txt

   1 Preamble
   2 ========
   3
   4 The licensing of the wxWidgets library is intended to protect the wxWidgets
   5 library, its developers, and its users, so that the considerable investment
   6 it represents is not abused.
   7
   8 Under the terms of the wxWindows licence, you as a user are not
   9 obliged to distribute wxWidgets source code with your products, if you
  10 distribute these products in binary form. However, you are prevented from
  11 restricting use of the library in source code form, or denying others the
  12 rights to use or distribute wxWidgets library source code in the way
  13 intended.
  14
  15 The wxWindows licence establishes the copyright for the code and related
  16 material, and it gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or
  17 modify the library. It also asserts that no warranty is given by the authors
  18 for this or derived code.
  19
  20 The core distribution of the wxWidgets library contains files
  21 under two different licences:
  22
  23 - Most files are distributed under the GNU Library General Public
  24   Licence, version 2, with the special exception that you may create and
  25   distribute object code versions built from the source code or modified
  26   versions of it (even if these modified versions include code under a
  27   different licence), and distribute such binaries under your own
  28   terms.
  29
  30 - Most core wxWidgets manuals are made available under the "wxWidgets
  31   Free Documentation Licence", which allows you to distribute modified
  32   versions of the manuals, such as versions documenting any modifications
  33   made by you in your version of the library. However, you may not restrict
  34   any third party from reincorporating your changes into the original
  35   manuals.
  36
  37 Other relevant files:
  38
  39 - licence.txt: a statement that the wxWidgets library is
  40   covered by the GNU Library General Public Licence, with an
  41   exception notice for binary distribution.
  42
  43 - licendoc.txt: the wxWidgets Documentation Licence.
  44
  45 - lgpl.txt: the text of the GNU Library General Public Licence.
  46
  47 - gpl.txt: the text of the GNU General Public Licence, which is
  48   referenced by the LGPL.
  49